Johannah Vreeman, 87, of Cherry Grove

She was born Jan. 13, 1925, at the family home in Forestville Township, Fillmore County, Minn., the daughter of Charley and Hannah (De Poppe) Hamersma.

During her youth she worked at the Forestville store doing odd jobs for her brother and the Meighens. She attended country school and was a 1943 graduate of Wykoff High School.

She married Kenneth Vreeman Aug. 4, 1943, in Cherry Grove. The couple made their home in the Cherry Grove area where she was a homemaker and worked at a number of area businesses, most recently at Don's Family Market in Spring Valley. Mr. Vreeman died Nov. 1, 2003.

Mrs. Vreeman was a member of the Cherry Grove United Methodist Church and was active in its UMW, taught Sunday school and was the Sunday school superintendent. She helped organize the Cherry Grove Fourth of July parade, was a member of the Cherry Grove Cemetery Board and was a water monitor for the Root River Watershed.

She enjoyed her family, fishing, playing 500, softball, watching the Vikings, gardening, playing the guitar and banjo, going down to the creek on her gator and picking blackcaps for making jam.